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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN

735 AM CDT SAT MAY 17 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  UNION COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI

  LAFAYETTE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI



* UNTIL 930 AM CDT.



* AT 732 AM CDT...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM 

CAMBRIDGE TO TULA IN LAFAYETTE COUNTY AND BETWEEN NEW ALBANY AND 

KEOWNVILLE IN UNION COUNTY. RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES OVER THE PAST 

HOUR WERE TWO TO TWO AND ONE HALF INCHES. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL 

IS EXPECTED AS THUNDERSTORMS MOVE INTO THE AFFECTED AREAS WHICH WILL 

WORSEN THE SITUATION.  



* CITIES AFFECTED THROUGH 930 AM CDT INCLUDE...

  TULA...SPRINGDALE...PINEDALE...OXFORD...NEW ALBANY...KEOWNVILLE...

  HARMONTOWN...ETTA...DENMARK...CAMBRIDGE...BURGESS



.EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...PONDING OF WATER ON HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES.

ADDITIONALLY...FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND

OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.



.STAY TUNED TO THIS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROADCAST FOR THE LATEST

UPDATES AND INFORMATION. TO REPORT FLOODING ONLY...CALL 1 800 4 3 2 0

8 7 5.



LAT...LON 3461 8877 3441 8880 3438 8924 3418 8926

          3420 8971 3455 8973 3453 8940 3460 8922



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